The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-12
PLUGGED BY A PLUG.
The Calamity That Befen An Elderly
Lady and Pale Young Man.
Fronl "a Letriston Ga.ettc.

From the Letriston Gazette.
Three young ladies'. daughters in family re-
siding on Park street, gave 4 party the other
evening. Having Ike a great many other
people, tastes far above their means, they spent
all the afternoon i'll arranging the ROOMS 50 that
they would present the best appearance posi-
BILE. Nov, owing to the dearth Of room, it be-
came necessary to utilize what had formerly
been kitchen, and which yet contained re-
minder of those days in the shape of large
sink This sink WAS an eye-sOre TO the ladies
and they brought all their womanly tact and
aesthetic schooling into play. but the sink held
its own. Finally, after all the resources or
civilization" had been directed against II they
decided to cover il over and use IL for side
board, and the faucet being in the way they
took it off and drove in pine plug to take its
place.
About o'clock the guests began TO arrive and
soon all the rooms were full, including the one
with the masked battery.
Everything went on smoothly. Oranges and
bananas were passed round, forfeits played, and
then some one called for a song. After the usual
amount of Skirmishing an elderly unmarried
lady, who sat with her back to the pseudo side
board, was elected. She gave them The Fire
in the Crate" with much freedom and abandon
for one of her years, but the night being warm
and the room close the audience did not take
very kindly to the thoughts of fire in q CRATE
or a fire anywhere else, and this caused a lack
of sympathy between them and the singer.
a dry goods clerk volunteered Tor Jne mex I
song, and now the sympathy comes in. He
sang "Showered Again" and got along nicely,
only stopping once to clear his throat, until he
reached the second shower, when, without the
slightest warning that plug came out, and after
that the deluge. 1t did not come out slowly or
cautiously either. 1t struck the hair belonging
to the before mentioned elderly lady (Which she
wore detached, cit was so convenient nights
when her head sweat ,, taking it along as a SOU
venir until it reached pale young man with
surprised eyebrows, where it left it sticking
like huge sea spider TO his dripping face. One
of the ladies rolled down on the floor, another
tried TO climb on top Of small centre table,
while the rest darted for the doors and win
dows, uttering piercing whoops.
After the first shock was over the unfortunate
young man, to whom the hair adhered, bowed
his head in meek submission and like the boy
on the burning deck, he would not stir. 1t was
at this time that young member of one of our
military companies with valor in his breast and
table cloth on his head, made dive for the
pipe and thrust one of his fingers into it, This
only varied the entertainment, however by
causing the stream to scatter striking the cell
ing and other parts of the room before I'M
touched.
The water was ankle deep on the floor; the
wall paper hung in fiabby festoons; bric-a braC
of every description was lying around promis
cuously, and the nearer waters rolled" until a
plumber living in the next house and hearing
the uproar went in and turned the water off.